In honor of turkeys….(Thanks Ryan)

BallHype: hype it up!

This gem from last week from Ryan….just an absolute joy to help out on this one…..

Today we have a special Thanksgiving edition of our ongoing ‘Top 5’. We look at the turkeys since the calendar flipped to 2009 in January. There were some obvious candidates and tough choices for this list. Without further ado, here are your turkeys of the year!

1. Refs in Detroit miss May’s goal
Some people use the term ‘That was the worst call I’ve ever seen’ too loosely. But I’m telling you straight up… this was honestly the worst call I’ve ever seen!

2. New Jersey blows Game 7 vs. Carolina
Game 7 was in the Devils’ grasps, up 3-2 with less than 2 minutes to go. Little did Brent Sutter know that it was the last 2 minutes he’d spend behind the Devils’ bench. Jussi Jokinen and Eric Staal stunned New Jersey with ‘The Shock at The Rock’. Devils fans still have nightmare about this…

3. Pavelec & Huet give up pathetic goals
I can understand Pavelec’s gaffe, because crazy bounces like that happen. But Huet… he played that puck horrifically. All you have to do is get to the post and you don’t have a problem. Instead he looked foolish on Robidas’ dump-in around the glass.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii-08G6C6wI&hl=en_US&fs=1&


4. Donald Brashear

In the first video, he gets cold-cocked by Wade Belak in Nashville. As a well-known fighter in this league, how do you let this happen?? Next, he takes out Blair Betts with a nasty (and incredibly cheap) forearm shiver. Brashear was suspended six games for this. After all that, he signed with the Rangers this summer as a free agent.


5. Goal celebration goes terribly wrong
C’mon man!! This had to be completely embarrassing for him, and you know his teammates won’t ever let him forget it. Can you imagine the outcry if this happened to Ovechkin?? If he scores enough goals, it could eventually happen…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1JE9B6c4OM&hl=en_US&fs=1&

Honorable Mention:
Anaheim Ducks fans fight over stick
Jarkko Ruutu goes Evander Holyfield on Andrew Peters
Tuukka Rask’s outburst with Providence
A minor league coach has an even better outburst!
Sean Avery picks a fight with Tim Thomas

Carolina Hurricanes go on 14-game winless streak

If you have any nominees you’d like to add to this list, please share them in the comment box.

About Chris Wassel

Simply I am a sports writer whose first loves will always be hockey and food. As we attempt to fix the site which has fallen into some disrepair (okay a lot), any and all help is always appreciated. For now, everything will channel through on a post by post basis. As always, let's have some fun!

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